This M1 MacBook Pro is Blowing My Mind
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- This new MacBook Pro (16-inch, M1 Pro, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) is an amazing machine. Apple traveled back in time to when MacBooks were good, and basically gave us an updated 2015 MacBook Pro - we've got ports (3x USC-B T4, SDXC reader, HDMI, and MagSafe), we've got a superb keyboard, and this display is next level. This laptop cost roughly $2900 after NYC tax. And it's a very capable beast.
Leave a comment if you bought one and your experience with it so far.
I’m glad you bought the baseline model. Makes me feel better about not going all in. I might go 32GB with 1TB but I’ll probably just go baseline 14”. I like my devices as small as possible. Thanks for another fantastic upload!
You don't really need 32GB in the traditional sense. Comparing 16GB on Apple silicon with 16GB on the previous Intel setup is like comparing apples and oranges. The memory speed improvements on this thing just blows the previous Intel generation out of the water. It's finally time for a real jump in evolution for laptops with System on a Chip like the M1. Intel and AMD is on the same train too.
@@gust1x i feel it
@@gust1x I’m some instances you will as this is a shared pool of memory between the cpu and gpu.
@@gust1x you seem to know a bit about this. Do you think this is always true on apple silicone? I’m contemplating a 14 inch with 32 gigs of Ram. Is that money well spent?
I’m a teacher and data analyst with lots of number crunching. I’m now picking up coding more seriously and assume more Ram is money well spent… but don’t want to overpay If I don’t need to.
@@prkrmc6457 I'm hijacking carl's answer - but i would probably upgrade. My 16' 10-core mbp with 32 gigs should arrive next week, so I'm putting my money where my mouth is.
The reason why I chose that is that I'm planning on keeping this device for a LONG time, aside from having memory-intensive work requirements.
Carl's point is absolutely valid, and unless you have a real requirement for more ram, you're not really doing a bad choice going with 16gb.
But you should think - am I buying this pc for the next 2 years, or am I buying it for the next 5? What will I be doing with that computer in the next 5 years? Will the programs that I use require more memory capacity?
Normally I would buy less storage and ram, and go upgrading as time goes on, because I'm a PC user. But we can't do that on the new macbooks, so you have to put the money upfront and stick with that decision as time goes on.
It’s crazy how Apple managed to get so much wrong with the touch bar editions, the keyboard, the touch bar, the ports, the removal of MagSafe - they could have released this new version without their own silicon and it would have still been a home run. I’ve been holding on to a 2013 MBP just because I hate the touch bar editions so much, but will definitely be upgrading to one of these relatively soon.
I have a touchbar version and I don't know why I actually find them great. I know that you can do all the tasks touchbar can do via keyboard shortcuts but when I'm watching a video or using Apple Music, the touchbar helps me to skip song to my desired time stamp or whenever the laptop freezes, touchbar helps me to switch tabs on Safari.
@@rajatbisht21 the hate for the touchbar stems from the fact that you have to look in order to use it accurately. Function keys especially. This is especially bad because all good typists learn to never look at the keyboard while typing, so a feature that contradicts something that people have been doing for years, is bound to receive hate. Personally, I need the function row keys way more than the one or two niche cases where the touchbar is nice. Its a nice to have, but maybe apple just needs to not sacrifice the damn function row keys. Keep the function keys, and move the touch bar above. There is more than enough space there.
I bought the same build from the Apple store when the wait times were long last year. It’s crazy what only 16gb of ram can do in an M1
Finally, a review where someone says "yes, a base model can handle 4k". Thanks for the review.
Well truth be told, you can edit 4K footage just fine on the iPad Pro with the A12x chip. It may not beat some other setups with render times, but it will get the job done. As of late I’ve been using the 24” iMac with the M1 chip and it also does quite well.
I bought the highest end Macbook Pro every year from 2015 onward and every year I was disappointed. From the i9 with Vega graphics to the last intel model with a 5600M and HBM2 I always felt like I need more. I even bought a eGPU box and stuck a RX5700XT in it. But when the M1 came out last year I bought a Mac Mini M1 to test the waters. I was pleasantly surprised. It was beating my i9 5600M 16 inch macbook pro unless I used my eGPU for video editing. So when the new M1 Pro/Max Macbooks came out I was once again skeptical. But in my first test with an M1 Max Macbook Pro my 2019 16 inch was destroyed in video editing even with a eGPU & rx5700xt. So I'm excited to see what kind of desktops Apple can bring to market this year with this amazing ARM architecture.
I subscribe to so many TechTubers but it's just Mkbhd & you that I don't use double tap to skip forward.
Well done Sam. Your relatively less frequent videos, makes the heart go fonder.
Cheers from India
You Sold it to me. I have 2 Touch Bar MacBooks. Don’t wanna pay loads, so gonna go for same Model as you. Cheers.
The scary thing about these macbook pros is that alot of the software is not even properly optimized for the macs yet- even if some says they are *cough*adobe premier* cough.
Like seriously, even with the newest "optimized for m1" adobe premier, the performance difference in real time editing and exporting compared to like say Final Cut or Davinci resolve is like and day. New and harder codecs like my fujifilm x-t4 h265 video files or my canon r5 hq 4k and 8k footage still struggle to preview properly on premier on these macs... but on final cut/davinci it didnt skip a beat. Cant wait until things are better optimized- these macs will be even better.
Using the same machine right now for all my storyboarding and animation work. Can work on legacy adobe apps on parallels with any issues. This machine is too cool.
Nice Rolex 🙂
While I didn't get the new MBP M1 Pro, I'm excited for the MacMini M1 16GB Ram. Expecting it to ship in next Wednesday!
Definitely, next purchase is the MBP M1.
I actually wait for your take on everything. Love your vidz bro!❤️🇮🇱
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So fresh, so clean… so fast 🍎
Most laptop makers (including Apple) got into their minds that consumers just wanted lighter, smaller, and lighter devices (laptops). As a result, they began to shrink them by eliminating ports and so on. I think that the public can carry a few extra ounces if the laptop has everything they need. I personally think that sizes 14, 15, 16, and 17 inches in screen size is the way to go in years to go. The 13 inch screen size is just too small and at the expense of many of the ports we need.
Excited for my MacBook Pro with the M1 max. If I ever get it, ordered it after thanksgiving and I still haven’t received it. 🤦🏽
I've got this but the 1TB version, for programming, light photo editing, office, adobe suite, which is VERY overkill for what I need, but I'm planning on keeping this for about 5 years so it's well wroth the money
Same, but keeping all apps open was killing my mbp touch. Don't have yet all apps installed to test here, 16g ram should struggle but you might not see it, that was my bet though.
I'm already 2 weeks with the 8-core version I'm so happy with it!
Battery life is crazy, performance is butter smooth, this is the DREAM laptop!
There are a lot of good things about these MacBook Pros… however, there are three things that no one really seems to talk about. Firstly the USB-C speeds are less than pro. In my tests the read/ write speed from an external USB-C SSD are 30% slower compared to the previous Intel MacBook Pros. In once case it was so slow you couldn’t use it to edit 4K footage from an external SSD drive. Secondly the colour accuracy, just like on the latest iPhone Pros, is way to yellow to be usable out of the box. After a lot of tweaking I managed to get it to be sort of ok. None of the colour calibrations I have seem to work properly at this stage.Third the internal SSD reader is disappointing slow compared to using an external reader. Even using an external reader via the USB-C ports is faster. Really Apple?
The battery life is mind blowingly good and CPU speed to great. The “extra ports” not really extra ports if you use an external monitor via thunderbolt. On my Intel Mac I had 4 ports now I have three one of which is used by the monitor. So I am actually short changed by one port.
As for the case design it does feel like an afterthought. The last intel Mac MacBook Pro look professional this one does not.
All in all this feels like a MacBook Pro Generation update Apple every 6 or so years. The first version is ok but the second or third version will make you wish you waited a little longer before you upgraded.
Great video Sam. My M1 Mac Air handles 8k from the R5 with no problem (using Final Cut). M1's in general are unreal. Thanks for the video BIG GUY!
I have watched for videos for years now, but never commented. But as soon as RX Bandits started playing I was like: WTF! Awesome that you like them as well. Absolutely love this album. Also, I got the 14" base model and it's fucking insanely fast as well.
i've seen them a handful of times. matt embree is an incredible singer and song writer.
Yes! Agreed wholeheartedly, IMO best tech product of 2021.
what we thinking for the 2022 spec bump though?
I have the 14” one for now. 10 core CPU and 16 core GPU. The screen is awesome though and the video editing performance is crazy. Literally zero dropped frames in premiere pro in 4K60.
As someone who’s still rocking a Mid-2012 MacBook Pro 13 inch non retina since 2013, I’m long overdue for one of these new M1 Pro/Max MacBook Pro’s.
Mbp max m1 is not fast is a device without app that run with Rosetta emulation, this is, MANY MARKETING, UA-camrs who earn money and make liar videos, all do that, nobody tell the true , Monterey is a disaster, mbp max m1 is very slow machine until the native app will come, APPLE is a machine money and not build device
The look is smooth Af. I’ve never had MacBook but it sounds like apple still got moves left
I like you. I like your videos. But you're reminding me of Rip Van Winkle here ... It's like you went to sleep for the entire line of Touch Bar MacBooks simply because you didn't like the Touch Bar (which WAS pretty superfluous and vaguely reminiscent of the ill-conceived Barnes and Noble Nook devices) and now that it's gone you decided to wake up ... and you're surprised the performance is great! The reality is, the Touch Bar MacBooks performed pretty damn well too. The last generation of Touch Bars with 8-core Intel i9 processors, 64GB of RAM absolutely smoked. I would crush RED footage for clients all the time - never had an actual desktop computer because the Touch Bar MacBooks performed so well. They also had fantastic speakers. Is the M1 line an upgrade? Hell yeah it is, especially in the battery life. But it's also thicker and heavier, the form factor of the Touch Bar Mac Books is nice.
Great vid, can hear the excitement in your voice for these. I got a 14inch a month ago and it’s incredible, I also had a 2015 15inch and was happy to upgrade. Also nice Rolex man, great choice!
I want to check out both sizes in person. I think I might be able to get away with the 14in. Either way, this video got my hyped about the M1 MBPs again!
I need to go hands on as well.
Weird .. looks like apple used a clip of Sam's review in the presentation of the M2 Mac mini/macbook presentation. But the background picture is different. I wonder if it's reversable .. and if Sam made a version for apple to use. Maybe for loaning a machine to him..
I bought the baseline 14" and a 15.6" 4k external display to go with it. My old Mac Mini setup with a cable nightmare with twin displays, a Radeon rx5500xt through a Thunderbolt enclosure, my mic and speakers through my focusrite Scarlett solo, and my Logitech brio Webcam.
It's got way more power than the 8th Gen i5 6 core, the graphics rival the desktop Navi card, the Webcam/ mic/ speaker quality blew me away, and the rig is completely portable and quiet.
I have concerns about how well Apple's SoC architecture scales up past the M1 Max, but this is the laptop I've wanted for decades.
7 views gang!! ily king have a good weekend
I have to say that this Apple product is the first that every youtube video review is all about happiness and joy. Isn't that great? all those ports, the battery life, magsafe is back and the performance....I have the M1 Max 64gb and 32gpu cores with 2tb SSD. It's top gun. And I take it unplugged and it keeps pushing like a champ. I'm so happy with this work machine beast. Thanks for the review.
Why do something that almost everyone does? Try something different with your macbook pro, maybe drop it from space station? I know and heard what you're saying about macbook pro since last year. Just saying.
I just got my first Macbook (switching from a Dell Inspiron), and I got the latest M1 MacBook Air, and I absolutely love it.
Apple needs to sort things out with the Arnold render engine people so I can use my 32 core gpu for CG as well. 😒 I think ot works with Redshift, but I like Arnold's look more. 😩
Incredible review, love the multicam cuts when you're at the desk! I'm super excited for the day I finally get my hands on an M1 Mac
The best Mac I have ever owned and I have owned a lot. More videos Sam …
it is still not a pro with just type-C ports. there should be at least one usb-A port and keypad keytravel should be at least 1.3mm
I think I’m in love… ALL OVER AGAIN 😍🥰😍
Congrats on being early and finding this comment 🥇
congrats and being early and leaving this comment
damn you looked so excited now i want one even though i don't need it
Just got the 16inch AMD 5500M, debating if I should take it back and grab this
I have this for some months now and 😍 it
I'm so on the fence with macbook's... My 2018 model is just so slow... can't handle anything.
this one is the opposite of that
Sam, can this laptop excel at something else other than video/photo editing? I like the technology in it but it looks like a one trick pony
I think the reason no one ever talks about "other things" is because the M1 MBP13 can handle pretty much anything that isn't high-power computing (which is the M1P/M's forte video/photo/emulation/sciencey calculations) tbh.
Big fan bro
Hey Sam I am a bit early so I wanted to ask, what is your favorite type of ice cream?
chcolate chip cookie dough these days
i never have to bring my charger out anymore :"-)
2013 model had more key travel than 2021
Just need Microsoft to allow arm windows on it
Great video, thank you!
I remember going on a video shoot in a remote location and i took my MacBook pro with only usb c ports and i unfortunately forgot my dongle that had an SD card reader on it and it literally left me unable to edit the footage and completely ruined the shoot. From then on i have sworn to never buy a MacBook until they changed it. SO GLAD they have!!
Unless you want to run any virtualization on it
i love my 14 mbp. however the magsafe isnt really like the old magsafe. its pretty robust and tough to pull out. kinda defeats the purpose.
heavier and chunkier is a no-no for me
Great video! I got this same base model a month ago and it's much faster than my dependable iMac i7 Late 2013 which is good for HD but for 4k. I use Premiere most of the times and I tested it against FCP X and FCP X has been optimized for the M1 so exporting etc is much faster...I prefer Premiere but I decided to stay with version 15 and I'm waiting for a final optimized for M1 chip version of Premiere-are you using the beta v22.1.2? is it there already? I hope so because I need to use Premiere. I could learn FCP X better I guess. I can't wait to see what new iMacs are released this year. Thanks for the video
Great video Sam!
Dude that choke is ridiculous
I hope you meant h.265 not h.264 in your video. 10 year old machines can edit h.264 easily. Also, Premiere is not the reference in terms of optimization or speed, I get you're using it, but it's just very slow. And last, "your machines" talking about PCs cannot do anything without the fans being on and need 5x more power to do the job even an old 1080ti like you have. So no, they cannot do what the macbook can. Not at that power level, not without the fans and especially not at that price.
I got the 14 inch, my video editing prowess is nowhere near this but I loaded up resolve on it and had an 11 minute clip of a game video I'm working on. Processed it in 13 mins, on battery, while I'm laying in bed being a bum. This is awesome.
With a starting price of 600 pounds/dollars/euros more than the previous base model IT IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING how they up the price.. Actually shocking
Macbook go Zoom Zoom
Was looking forward to a new upload , always good quality and informative ✅
I do not care too much about face ID because I usually have two users on my laptops. So when I open them, the USER with the face ID is the one that opens up first even when I want to use the other USER on it. Otherwise, it would be ok. The notch is a discouraging nuisance.
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I was honestly a bit sad I couldn't go to M1. I bought a secondhand 2019 for pretty cheap since I still need x86 for virtual machines and bootcamp. Hopefully in a few years time either the chips are fast enough to power through windows and Linux x64 arm emulation or my workflow no longer needs them.
I think things like this you really need to consider, particularly if you need access to Windows apps (solidworks, games, etc) at least with these initial devices. I also think if you're a student or may be required to use specific applications or workflows, arm probably isn't the move just yet.
i think most people dont even know what x86 is to be honest
the majority of people buying this laptop will not consider that, but i appreciate the comment
have you tried VM / bootcamp on an M1 yet? how do you know it's not powerful enough right now?
@@samsheffer Oh absolutely, for a creative or productivity use case, it's basically nothing but an advantage, particularly the efficiency.
Its more in technical fields and particularly at university where your submissions have to be for like a target x86 Linux image. It's not that I doubt they can perform adequately, more that you dont want to chance a submission on whether the interpreter is working correctly. That's also true if you're doing technical work for a client. For personal work, these machines would already be incredible.
I'd love to test it, but I'm a student so not going to drop a couple stacks for that 😅 really everything will be moving to arm/RISC in the coming years, so it's a mute point. Just wanted to offer a different viewpoint, as obviously most videos are from creative professionals like yourself.
@@samsheffer FYI, bootcamp is straightforwardly not an option here. Windows can work in virtualisation, but only ARM64 windows, and at the moment the only way to do that is quasi-illegally by installing it from windows insider. MS still do not license ARM windows for anything but their own hardware, even though it running so fast virtually on M1 (not even Pro/Max) is surely embarrassing to them. You'd still have any issues you'd have with it being the ARM64 version of windows, with its own x86/64 emulation. So if OP really really needs x64 windows, he's probably made the right choice for now. And I'm so glad I don't need that too as I ALL-CAPS-LOVE my new MacBook Pro too 😀
@@StrangerNoises haha, Arm windows truly is a mess at the moment. Microsoft has a soon to expire exclusivity agreement with Snapdragon which I imagine has prevented this. Obviously having no competition in the market with unimpressive processors isnt going to drive innovation. Possibly now if Samsung and mediatek make competitively priced, performant laptops, they may eat into the Chromebook market.
I actually think what's more likely is x86 implementing more of the power optimisation strategies of arm, like Alderlakes BIGlittle cores and improved voltage regulators on raptorlake, will extend the lifespan of x86 in the windows space for a while longer. After that, hopefully we can all happily move over to RISC5 Linux.
I also edit with h264 and man it's great, however I haven't figured out why hardware encoding is disabled when exporting h264? Is it because it only decodes? Any solution to this?
‘Function keys’ 🤪
I just got the 14” mid tier option. This is the best computer I’ve ever had, especially now that many programs are being optimized for Apple silicon. I don’t do content creations but I do a lot of business with pdf’s and web apps. Both Adobe pro and chrome are super snappy. I’ve mostly been an Apple user over the years but have held off upgrading over the years. This is the one to upgrade to.
The project files you’re showing are not even intensive at all, you’re “impressed” that a $1500+ computer could do this? What are you on about?
Crying in Indian Rupee T_T. A base level MacBook Pro for 16inch costs U$3000.
If you're curious what the export times would be for the maxed out version, I could do it for you. You could just send me your project.
Edit: My tweet is in your video at 6:00!
Great clip! Even the M1Air smoothly edited a one-hour 4K clip. The Pro and Max will have no problem.
I am waiting for the new bigger Imac because of the promotion and mini-led tech and wanted to ask you this: you as a macbook owner who already has this tech would you say it is worth the wait or should I go for the 24 inch Imac (i am not a pro user so the other elements such as performance etc are not of added value for me)?
I made it in the vid!
Like Sam, I love you and all but can we stop calling the latest version the best ever? Like, really? Does anyone release incrementally slower and worse products?
hi chloe - i’d say that yes, actually, those touchbar macbooks were definitely worse products than these current new macbooks.
@@samsheffer No doubt - but every single Apple video ever starts with "this years xxxxx is the best ever". My point isn't that the current model *isn't* the best ever - it is. My point is no companies are out there trying to make worse products each year, so this is kind of a nothing statement. No one expects the iPhone 14 to be the slowest iPhone ever - Apple's not going to stick a 286 in it, yet sure as the sun rises each day, when it comes out, every article and video is going to say "this year's is the fastest chip in an iPhone, ever."
which watch (not the Apple Watch, but the silver metal one) are you wearing in the video? it looks great!!
Been using my M1 13" MacBook Pro and love it. I'll upgrade to the 16" in a few years.
keep in mind that his export didn't change much because of the m1 pro. I have seen vids where they used the m1 Max in the second line and it exported faster.
watching this on my 14" inch and lemme tell u guys this is the best laptop i've ever had no cap, it does everything i need without any struggles
Who at Apple got sacrificed in order to bring back the Magsafe and SD card I wonder.
Haha, his main gear is actually from the company called Maingear, right?
what i got from this video - you're unironically wearing two watches?
What a compliment by an Apple user. Innovative xddd
I got the same spec in silver. It is definitely mind blowing how powerful it is.
came for the m1 review, but appreciated a lot that little part of rx bandits:D
TL;DW: Is what everyone already said about it true? Yes. It is.
How do I convince my mortgage loaner let me not pay just 2 months so I can pay apple
I would say something about windows pcs but I’m sure ur aware
I'm hearing that there are PC that can do what the M1 can do but it has to pimped out.
yes my boy, you got the same spec as mine aka the best value in the whole lineup!
Also, bring the livestreams back bro 😎
Nice to see a review of a base MBP. Thank you 😊
Did you use fcpx against the 2080 ?
Next time, Mac safe on iphone and iPad plz.
The 14 inch MacBook is actually thinner than the previous 13 inch, it just looks thicker because its not tapered on the body.
That's crazy, you're right. It's not necessarily thinner but they're the same! It doesn't look that way, even in real life. Very impressive.
@@Thisath100 yeah it’s literally 0.1mm thinner, so basically the same. Feels like such a slab of metal.
I just got the mbp 16 inch and I don't need it xd
What timepiece is on your other wrist?
apple watch series 7
@@samsheffer your left wrist 😤
@@cremefraicheeee it’s a copy of a Rolex Oyster Perpetual with jubilee bracelet…
testing speakers with a rx bandits song
bruhh wassup with he chocker